Claudia Junqueira Armellini

Análise da hemorragia no parto vaginal pelos índices de eritrócitos e hematócrito

Objective: To analyze hemorrhage at vaginal delivery using hemoglobin and hematocrit indices. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 328 vaginal deliveries divided into spontaneous delivery with or without episiotomy and forceps delivery. The sample was randomly stratified by type of vaginal delivery. Data were collected at admission for delivery, hospital discharge and postpartum return visit. Results: There were 122 (37.2%) deliveries without episiotomy, 147 (44.8%) with episiotomy, and 59 (18.0%) with forceps delivery and episiotomy. Hemoglobin values between admission for delivery and discharge ranged from -5.9 g/dl to 0.7 g/dl. Hemoglobin reduction was significantly higher in women having forceps delivery than in those with spontaneous deliveries, with and without episiotomy (p=0.0133 and p<0.0001, respectively). Hemorrhage was greater in the forceps delivery group than in the other groups. Conclusion: The analysis of hemorrhage at vaginal delivery by using hemoglobin and hematocrit indices showed variation among the three types of vaginal delivery studied. There was greater hemorrhage with forceps delivery and less hemorrhage with spontaneous delivery. In women with forceps delivery, postpartum indices were lower than those at hospital admission.

Caesarean-sections in the Press: the said and the not said.

This paper aimed at knowing the cultural caesarean representations present in magazines addressed to the laic public. One of the attributions of the nurse is health education. The press is source of informal education. So, the nurse must provide women with subsidies so that they can make decisions with autonomy and knowledge, demystifying or incrementing what is thought about the surgical delivery. Upon analyzing editions of Revista Crescer, two themes have arisen: the “said” and the “not said” about caesarean. Regarding the “said” category, the articles appraise pathologies in the gestation and their inter-occurrences with explicit association between pathologies and the caesarean; the magazine searched for the adequacy of the woman to the hospital routine and softened the caesarean consequences. As to the “not said” category, the magazine did not emphasize the control and prevention of the complications that are inherent to pregnancy and, somehow, led women to opt for the caesarean as the safest mode of delivery.